Sticker shock: The price of gas is spiking to $3.19 per gallon. Signs across West Michigan started changing Monday, changing from below $3 a gallon to nearly $3.20 at many gas stations. Gasoline rationing and $5 pump prices are predicted by 2012 for consumers if U.S. politicians don’t get their act together, a former Shell [...]
Posted by uspostMovieTuesday, September 21st, 2010
For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians’ promises, our buckling public-education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, [...]
HBO’s new original series Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City during the 1920s when the prohibition of alcohol was enacted. The unintended effects of prohibition gave rise to corrupt power both in the form of politicians and organized crime. Award winning actor Steve Buscemi plays the lead Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, the corrupted politician in [...]
First, let’s start with what our problems with gas right now. The problems – Gas prices are too high – We use only 20% of the gas in our cars that are – A lot of destruction of the earth due to pollution – The political situation make the progress in electric vehicles to go [...]